<!-- page01.html,v 1.5 2000/03/19 20:09:20 jcej Exp --> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Mozilla/4.04 [en] (X11; I; Linux 2.0.32 i486) [Netscape]"> <META NAME="Author" CONTENT="James CE Johnson"> <META NAME="Description" CONTENT="A first step towards using ACE productively"> <TITLE>ACE Tutorial 002</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY TEXT="#000000" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" LINK="#000FFF" VLINK="#FF0F0F"> <CENTER><B><FONT SIZE=+2>ACE Tutorial 002</FONT></B></CENTER> <CENTER><B><FONT SIZE=+2>Creating a Better Server</FONT></B></CENTER> <P> <HR WIDTH="100%"> <P>In this tutorial, we will build a little on what we learned in the first tutorial and add a few extras. In the end, we will have a better server object that is actually simpler and more maintainable than the one we created before.</P> <P> <HR WIDTH="100%"></P> <P>To begin, let's ask ourselves the same thing we did at the beginning of tutorial 001:</P> <UL> <P>What do you need to create a server?</P> </UL> <OL> <OL> <LI>Something which accepts connections from clients</LI> <LI>Something which handles established connections</LI> <LI>A main program loop that handles it all</LI> </OL> </OL> <P>Previously, we created a solution which addressed each one of these questions specifically. At the end of it all, we realized that our only application-specific coding was confined to the <I>handler</I> portion of the program. We hinted that there may be a way to eliminate hand-coding an <I>acceptor</I> each time we want to create a server. Here, we will explore that approach.</P> <P><HR WIDTH="100%"> <CENTER>[<A HREF="../online-tutorials.html">Tutorial Index</A>] [<A HREF="page02.html">Continue This Tutorial</A>]</CENTER>
